PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "H.I.T.S.: Health Center scam?... Why Council's shabby treatment of mayor?..."
Plain Talker: "Green Offers Pay-To-Play Forum"
Schools - CN: "Plainfield board, teachers fail to reach agreement at mediation"
..... - OpEd, CN: Tiffany Corbett: "Plainfield teachers deserve new contract"
.......... - Ms. Corbett is a highly-regarded teacher at Plainfield High School
Legal Notices: Go here, and clilck on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
Events for this week are here
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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bridgewater: "Officials now have three plans to choose from for new municipal complex"
Cranford: "$45M redevelopment envisioned for scenic site"
Edison: "Toxic debris found at 8th construction site"
Elizabeth: "School district's hiring practices criticized"
Kenilworth: "Little Italy gets more flavor in 'Tosca'"
North Plainfield: "Downsizing housing plan doesn't stop complaints"
South Plainfield: "School tax may increase in South Plainfield"
Westfield, Scotch Plains-Fanwood: "Jersey school districts awarded hurricane funds"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Cabinet, CN: "Homeland security nominee comes out of retirement"
..... - SL: "New official to focus on terrorism, health threats, disasters"
Menendez' vacant House seat: Tom Moran: "GOP feud in Bergen a dilemma for Kean"
Capital Punishment: "AG says executions are not needed to fight crime"
Guns: "Activists: Violent crimes in New Jersey committed with out-of-state guns"
Property Tax Rebates - SL: "Governor may break rebate vow"
..... - CN: "No increase in rebates a budget-balancing possibility"
Rental Assistance: "Coalition asks Corzine for rent aid"
Rutgers: "Rutgers president starts building team to overhaul campus"
Utilities: "State reviews auction of electric power"
Voting Machines: "Court to determine if machine's accuracy can be verified on paper"
Legislature:
..... - Property Taxes: "Lawmaker wants more focus on property taxes"
..... - Transportation Fund - CN: "Assembly approves roads fund debt plan"
.......... - SL: "Assembly puts borrowing plan for road fund into second gear"
..... - UMDNJ: "Assembly OKs measure to revamp UMDNJ board"
Towns:
..... - Newark - SL: "The guy on the bike? Seems to be a candidate" - Pix here
.......... - Council race: "Council contests hold key to Newark's future"
......... - Joan Whitlow: "Sharpe keeps us in suspense and adds some spice"
.......... - CN: "First lady presents $14 million reading grant to Newark schools"
............... - SL: "Paging Mrs. Bush"
..... - East Orange: "Investigation of athletic department's funds expands"
..... - Freehold: "FBI seizes documents of builder and lawyer in Marlboro cases"
..... - Irvington: "Assemblyman challenges Irvington mayor on crime"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Plamegate - SL: "More subpoenas go to media ahead of Libby's perjury trial"
Cabinet - SL: "President picks Idaho governor to lead Interior Department"
Condi Down Under: "Rice taunted by Australian students"
Halliburton: "Pentagon probes reports of Iraq troops' unsafe water"
Immigration - SL: "Immigrant work bill would give millions chance at citizenship"
Iran/Iraq: "Bush welcomes Iran offer to talk to U.S. about Iraq"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Big Bang: "Princeton-led team measures genesis, basks in the oldest of all light"
Forensics: "Students learn there's more to forensic science"
St. Pat's Food & Fare: "Where's the (corned) beef?"
..... Where to get some good corned beef and cabbage on this most Irish of days
And for those worried about permission: "Catholics cleared to eat corned beef today"
ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times |
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PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "H.I.T.S.: Health Center scam?... Why Council's shabby treatment of mayor?..."
Plain Talker: "Green Offers Pay-To-Play Forum"
Schools - CN: "Plainfield board, teachers fail to reach agreement at mediation"
..... - OpEd, CN: Tiffany Corbett: "Plainfield teachers deserve new contract"
.......... - Ms. Corbett is a highly-regarded teacher at Plainfield High School
Legal Notices: Go here, and clilck on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
Events for this week are here
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bridgewater: "Officials now have three plans to choose from for new municipal complex"
Cranford: "$45M redevelopment envisioned for scenic site"
Edison: "Toxic debris found at 8th construction site"
Elizabeth: "School district's hiring practices criticized"
Kenilworth: "Little Italy gets more flavor in 'Tosca'"
North Plainfield: "Downsizing housing plan doesn't stop complaints"
South Plainfield: "School tax may increase in South Plainfield"
Westfield, Scotch Plains-Fanwood: "Jersey school districts awarded hurricane funds"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Cabinet, CN: "Homeland security nominee comes out of retirement"
..... - SL: "New official to focus on terrorism, health threats, disasters"
Menendez' vacant House seat: Tom Moran: "GOP feud in Bergen a dilemma for Kean"
Capital Punishment: "AG says executions are not needed to fight crime"
Guns: "Activists: Violent crimes in New Jersey committed with out-of-state guns"
Property Tax Rebates - SL: "Governor may break rebate vow"
..... - CN: "No increase in rebates a budget-balancing possibility"
Rental Assistance: "Coalition asks Corzine for rent aid"
Rutgers: "Rutgers president starts building team to overhaul campus"
Utilities: "State reviews auction of electric power"
Voting Machines: "Court to determine if machine's accuracy can be verified on paper"
Legislature:
..... - Property Taxes: "Lawmaker wants more focus on property taxes"
..... - Transportation Fund - CN: "Assembly approves roads fund debt plan"
.......... - SL: "Assembly puts borrowing plan for road fund into second gear"
..... - UMDNJ: "Assembly OKs measure to revamp UMDNJ board"
Towns:
..... - Newark - SL: "The guy on the bike? Seems to be a candidate" - Pix here
.......... - Council race: "Council contests hold key to Newark's future"
......... - Joan Whitlow: "Sharpe keeps us in suspense and adds some spice"
.......... - CN: "First lady presents $14 million reading grant to Newark schools"
............... - SL: "Paging Mrs. Bush"
..... - East Orange: "Investigation of athletic department's funds expands"
..... - Freehold: "FBI seizes documents of builder and lawyer in Marlboro cases"
..... - Irvington: "Assemblyman challenges Irvington mayor on crime"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Plamegate - SL: "More subpoenas go to media ahead of Libby's perjury trial"
Cabinet - SL: "President picks Idaho governor to lead Interior Department"
Condi Down Under: "Rice taunted by Australian students"
Halliburton: "Pentagon probes reports of Iraq troops' unsafe water"
Immigration - SL: "Immigrant work bill would give millions chance at citizenship"
Iran/Iraq: "Bush welcomes Iran offer to talk to U.S. about Iraq"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Big Bang: "Princeton-led team measures genesis, basks in the oldest of all light"
Forensics: "Students learn there's more to forensic science"
St. Pat's Food & Fare: "Where's the (corned) beef?"
..... Where to get some good corned beef and cabbage on this most Irish of days
And for those worried about permission: "Catholics cleared to eat corned beef today"
ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times |
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